Wazzou won't pay Mike Leach's successor comparable salary

[Bruininthebay]

The eight years under Mike Leach are probably the best in the last half century for the Cougar football program.  However, on the field success didn't generate the kind of revenue that put the WSU athletic program in the black but rather left the institution $100 million debt for facilities improvements which affects the rest of the entire university's budget to the consternation of a number of Washington state legislators. 

Now WSU can remove Mike Leach's coaching salary from the books and reducing the Cougars overhead by a not inconsiderable sum.  This is really the best case scenario for the university because the administration couldn't fire Leach without calling into question their decision to hire him in the first place.  In my opinion this time WSU is likely to hire a younger coach they don't have to pay as  much to replace Leach partially for political cover and partially because they won't be able to attract a candidate comparable to Mike Leach.

Both WSU and OSU will continue to operate in the red for at least the next five years despite having the smallest athletic budget expenditures of any member school so the question of whether Washington State can generate the resources to compete in the Pac 12 does not go away until the next media negotiations occur in 2025 and probably not after that either.

[Mano]

While Leach made them a decent team, saying it was the best run in the last half century is clearly wrong, as Mike Price had them in two Rose Bowls in a five year span.

[KUGRDON]

1 hour ago, Bruininthebay said:

The eight years under Mike Leach are probably the best in the last half century for the Cougar football program.  However, on the field success didn't generate the kind of revenue that put the WSU athletic program in the black but rather left the institution $100 million debt for facilities improvements which affects the rest of the entire university's budget to the consternation of a number of Washington state legislators. 

Now WSU can remove Mike Leach's coaching salary from the books and reducing the Cougars overhead by a not inconsiderable sum.  This is really the best case scenario for the university because the administration couldn't fire Leach without calling into question their decision to hire him in the first place.  In my opinion this time WSU is likely to hire a younger coach they don't have to pay as  much to replace Leach partially for political cover and partially because they won't be able to attract a candidate comparable to Mike Leach.

Both WSU and OSU will continue to operate in the red for at least the next five years despite having the smallest athletic budget expenditures of any member school so the question of whether Washington State can generate the resources to compete in the Pac 12 does not go away until the next media negotiations occur in 2025 and probably not after that either.

The salary pool for Head Coach and Assistants will be greater than under Leach with the HC making less than Leach did.

[HLB]

9 hours ago, Bruininthebay said:

The eight years under Mike Leach are probably the best in the last half century for the Cougar football program.  However, on the field success didn't generate the kind of revenue that put the WSU athletic program in the black but rather left the institution $100 million debt for facilities improvements which affects the rest of the entire university's budget to the consternation of a number of Washington state legislators. 

Now WSU can remove Mike Leach's coaching salary from the books and reducing the Cougars overhead by a not inconsiderable sum.  This is really the best case scenario for the university because the administration couldn't fire Leach without calling into question their decision to hire him in the first place.  In my opinion this time WSU is likely to hire a younger coach they don't have to pay as  much to replace Leach partially for political cover and partially because they won't be able to attract a candidate comparable to Mike Leach.

Both WSU and OSU will continue to operate in the red for at least the next five years despite having the smallest athletic budget expenditures of any member school so the question of whether Washington State can generate the resources to compete in the Pac 12 does not go away until the next media negotiations occur in 2025 and probably not after that either.

A university's budget is separate than a university's athletic budget.  One does not subsidize the other.

At many large schools, the bulk of salaries for HCs is paid for by alumni and large donors, and not from the schools athletic budget.  For example, Alabama boosters pay about $7 million of Nick Saban's salary.  They paid off his house.  And they annually pay his taxes.

Additionally, most conferences pool all of their revenue (TV money, bowl money, NCAA basketball tournament money, etc.) and evenly disperse funds to each school, in an effort to avoid any one program from having a large financial advantage.  Not sure if the PAC12 does this, but I would be surprised if they don't.

[MrBug708]

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